Lyon College Uses Cross-media to Drive New Applications - PODi Case Study

• 2.85 percent of recipients visited their Personalized URL.
• Of those that visited their Personalized URL, 70 percent of the respondents completed the online survey/entry form.
• 76 percent increase in applications received compared to the same time period of the previous year.
• 1,116 applications received. This represents a 70 percent increase over the goal.
• The total applications received as of November 2012 already exceeded the total number of applications received during the ENTIRE benchmark year of 2009, which was one of the best recruitment years on record.
• 50 percent increase in acceptances (applicants who have qualified for admission) compared to same time period of previous year.
• Deposits received for holding a place in the 2013 freshmen class, increased 18.6 percent as compared to previous year.
• Additionally, certain direct mail pieces sent in previous years were NOT sent this year, in favor of fewer, more personalized pieces. As a result, total direct marketing spend for this campaign as compared to 2011 decreased nearly 30 percent.

Campaign Architecture
The campaign began with a personalized direct mail postcard that enticed prospective students to provide information such as field of study and extracurricular interests in their response to a Personalized URL. Lyon College used this information to follow up with customized relevant marketing pieces, in an effort to maximize their college recruitment efforts.